This product is primarily aimed at the beginner and consists of two e-books, interviews (mp3 + transcript in pdf) with seven trainers and a 14 page pdf file called "The Leangains Approach".

It's basically me talking about the approach, dispelling some myths surrounding meal frequency, fasting and your metabolism, and protein absorption. Also included in the article is a sample beginner plan and a list of references pertaining to the topics discussed.

I'm definitely happy with the results so far. I had a solid diet before I started IF, but I found the constant small meals lead to bouts of overeating - something that hasn't happened with your approach. I'm going to suggest IF to my brother who also wants to get into better shape.

1. It's a pdf outlining the diet and the research behind it, primarily aimed at an audience that I suppose would be unaware of intermittent fasting and how to make it work for you. Since you have six other trainers telling you to eat six times a day, I thought it might do some good to provide an alternative. The article comes with a simple beginner plan, but nothing very specific on training (except the advice that I would normally give to beginners).

2. Depends, but what you mentioned shouldn't be much of problem at all.

3. First of all, they compared 1 meal a day (24 h fasting) to 3 meals a day. I recommend 3 meals a day with a 16 hr fast.

Besides that, the results are interesting.

Note this part for example

"...physiological variables measured, including heart rate, body temperature and blood chemicals, were unaffected by meal frequency; however, when on 1 meal/d, subjects exhibited: a significant reduction of fat mass.."

The subjects on the 1 meal a day plan lost fat mass, despite eating the same amount of calories as the 3 meal a day plan.

Then there's this part

"Fasting (morning) plasma glucose levels were significantly elevated in subjects when they were consuming 1 meal/d compared to 3 meals/d. The latter difference in fasting glucose levels could be explained, in part, by continuing absorption of the greater amount offood consumed in the evening in the subjects on the 1 meal/d diet"

"...when on the 1 meal/d diet the subjects had consumed a much greater amount of food in proximity to the OGTT compared to subjects on 3 meals/d, which could have influenced morning insulin sensitivity."

So, it appears that also the timing of the OGTT is of importance here and testing the 1 meal a day group at a later time of the day (longer into the fast) might have provided a different result.